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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1691

As the tower’s doors were lowered, Gerald couldn’t help but look around, attempting to gather his bearings. However, the pitch darkness made it impossible to see a thing…

Just as Gerald was wondering what to do next, a beam of light suddenly appeared from the tower! With how increasingly bright it was getting, the light’s radiance was reminiscent of a raging bonfire…

Regardless, it wasn’t long after before a man donning white clothes walked out from the light…

Seeing that, Gerald was prompted to ask, “…And you are?”

“I am the god of Astral Traveler in the Leicom Continent, and the form that you’re currently seeing is the final primordial spirit that I’ve left behind in the Heaven Tower. I was summoned by your arrival!” explained the primordial spirit as it stared at Gerald.

“You’re the god of Astral Traveler? And what do you mean my arrival summoned you?” replied Gerald, stunned by the sudden turn of events. For one, he definitely hadn’t expected the person before him to be the legendary ancient god of Astral Traveler…

Chuckling when he heard that, the god of Astral Traveler simply extended his hand… before snapping his fingers.

And just like that, Gerald was greeted by the sight of countless stars! While it was most probably just a manifested illusion, it truly felt like he was currently standing in the middle of space…

Apparently not done yet, the god of Astral Traveler then waved his hand… Revealing another scene to Gerald. A greatly unsettling one…

The continent was in ruins, complete shambles! With countless bones scattered across the lands and the sky layered with a blanket of dark clouds, Gerald felt a shiver run down his spine just from looking at all that…

‘What the hell happened here…?’ Gerald thought to himself.

Now curious out of his mind, Gerald was prompted to ask, “What… on earth happened here, god of Astral Traveler…?’

The second his question ended, an ethereal ‘whir’ could be heard, prompting Gerald to look at the source of the sound… and projected there, was the number, ‘three hundred’.

Raising a slight brow, Gerald began wondering, ‘Three hundred? What does that signify? Is it a secret code of some sort…?’

After a slight pause, the god of Astral Traveler then replied, “…This… is the fate of the world in exactly three hundred days…”

Upon hearing that, Gerald was rightfully shocked. Eyes widened and filled with incredulity, Gerald then asked, “…What? The world’s falling into complete ruin by then?”

“Indeed. On the three hundredth day, Masrus, the demonic god will be revived… Following that, he’ll surely take over the entire world! If he’s allowed to do that, then not only will the Leicom Continent fall under his rule, but Jaellatra and the other continents will share that fate as well!” explained the god of Astral Traveler in a solemn tone.

Though Gerald felt that the claim was somewhat reminiscent of some legendary fairy tale, he knew that the god of Astral Traveler—of all people—wouldn’t lie to him. With that in mind, that meant that the world’s fate was truly looking grim…

“…I see. God of Astral Traveler, I’m assuming you’re showing me all this for a reason. Could it be that I’m capable of preventing all this suffering?” asked Gerald.

After all, the God of Astral Tower surely wouldn’t have shown him all this without a proper reason. Could he be some prophesied savior for the new generation…?

“Your assumption is correct. Only you have the power to go against Masrus, and should you succeed, you’ll surely become the savior of the world!” replied the god of Astra Traveler as he gave Gerald a determined look.

Utterly shocked by this sudden revelation, Gerald could only think, ‘…But… Why was I chosen to be the savior out of the blue…?’

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He simply found it weird how the world’s fate suddenly concerned him.

“…Alright, but… Why me?” asked Gerald.

“It’s because there exists an ancient will hidden within your body. If you manage to properly develop that will, then you’ll surely be able to resist Masrus! With that in mind, you truly are the world’s final hope!” explained the god of Astral Traveler in a patient tone.

Seeing the relevance of his words, Gerald then replied, “…And how do I develop that will?”

Hearing that, the god of Astral Traveler then cupped his hands together, causing a scroll of sorts to materialize there shortly after…

After being handed the scroll, Gerald noticed that there was a slot of sorts on it. It was quite apparent that something needed to be fitted inside it to open the scroll…

“That there is the Scroll of Stars… In order to unlock its secrets, you’ll first have to obtain an item known as the Scintillating Gem. While you’ll be able to begin developing the will in your body after you open the scroll, know that nobody’s ever been able to obtain or even locate the gem from the day it came into existence!” explained the god of Astral Traveler as he looked at Gerald with a serious gaze.

Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but look at the scroll for a little longer before storing it within his storage ring.

With that done, Gerald then turned to face the god of Astral Traveler before asking, “…Well, that aside, what exactly is the trial of the Heaven Tower?”

‘I came to participate in a trial, no? Who do I now feel like I’m here to receive a mission instead?’ Gerald thought to himself.

“I established the trials of Heaven Tower only as a front. My goal had always been to await the arrival of the destined individual, and you’ve finally come today. With that in mind, you naturally don’t have to go through the trial. After all, all the trials here are useless for you. Time is of the essence, so I’ll be sending you to the top of the tower immediately!” replied the god of Astral Traveler.

Hearing that, Gerald could only raise a slight brow as he bounded up the tower with extreme speed…

Seconds later, someone from the outside could suddenly be heard shouting, “…H-hey! Look up there! The top of the tower is shining!”

Realizing that what the person had said was true, Sumeru and the four great masters instantly expressed great shock. After all, the light—that everyone was now seeing—would only begin shining when someone managed to reach the top of the tower… With that in mind, Gerald must have been able to achieve that! How unexpected!

Ever since the trials were established hundreds of years ago, nobody had been able to fully scale the tower… Until today.

Moving back to Gerald, upon arriving at the top of the tower, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a sword that was emitting a white light.

Walking closer to the sword, Gerald watched as it instantly began quivering in place. In a sense, it almost seemed like it was behaving that way due to some telepathic link it had with Gerald…

Before he could get too close, the god of Astral Traveler appeared before Gerald again before saying, “That there is the Astrabyss Sword, and it’ll function as your special weapon from today onward. Beside it, is a book that contains all the skills you can perform with the sword. I hope you’ll use it wisely and master all the Astrabyss’s skills. If you do, you’ll definitely get much stronger!”

That was needless to say, of course, so Gerald simply nodded before continuing to walk toward the sword.

Now before the sword, Gerald heard as the god of Astral Traveler shouted, “Outstretch your hand and pull it out!”

Momentarily stunned by how commanding the god of Astral Traveler suddenly was, Gerald quickly shook out of it before firmly grasping the sword’s hilt… Only to instantly feel a slight pain on his palm!

Unbeknownst to Gerald, the sword had caused a tiny cut to form on his palm, resulting in a single drop of his blood coming into contact with the sword’s hilt…

The second that happened, the Astrabyss Sword immediately emitted an ethereal ring…

Releasing the hilt and taking a step back, Gerald then watched as the sword quickly began flailing wildly!

It only took the Astrabyss a few seconds to break from its restraints, and the second it was freed, it instantly flew into Gerald’s hand!

Instinctively holding onto the sword’s hilt tightly, Gerald immediately began feeling a strong force surging into his elixir-of-life field from his palm… This feeling…

He was about to make a breakthrough!

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Feeling the immense power continue surging into his elixir-of-life field, Gerald quickly sat on the floor and began meditating. With his eyes now closed, Gerald actively attempted to tame the immense power in his body…

To his dismay, he wasn’t able to do it!

Momentarily feeling anxious, an idea suddenly came to Gerald as he thought, ‘Wait, don’t I have plenty of Heaven’s apples?’

Quickly retrieving one from his storage ring, Gerald then bit into it.

The second he did, his entire body instantly felt cool and refreshed! As for the surging power from earlier, it was no longer pulsing wildly through him…

In other words, Gerald had successfully breached the Ninth-soul-rank of the Sage Realm! He was now finally at the first rank of the Avatar Realm!

With his body now brimming with power, Gerald could tell that he was much, much stronger than before.

“Congratulations for breaching into the Avatar Realm, Gerald. You now possess the power to enter God Transformation mode, a state where you momentarily grow inhumanly strong! Even so, you’ll only be able to use it when facing extreme situations. Consider it as a last resort to remain alive!” explained the god of Astral Traveler.

textbook example of how useful this ability was, was by using God Transformation to suddenly gain a massive

were pros and cons

would go feeble for a rather long time after using it. With

the advice, god of Astral Traveler. Regardless, I definitely won’t disappoint you!”

satisfied with Gerald’s response as he laughed, the god of Astral Traveler then said, “Remember, you’re the world’s only hope! Use the next three

spirit instantly disappeared. Now that its final mission had been fulfilled,

burden of the world had been placed on Gerald’s

the Heaven Tower’s entrance was reopened, and everyone

pressuring, and many from within the crowd had to shield their eyes from the waves of dust that repelled

was seated at the seat of honor—could only reveal a satisfied smile when he

of Leicom Academy’s large hall. Naturally, Sumeru was once again seated

first person to ever fully scale Heaven Tower! With

do, Master, and four great masters! This is about the event that will be taking place in three hundred days, correct?” replied Gerald as he slowly looked at all five of

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look at Sumeru as the dean

truly do know everything now… I suppose that means that you really are the destined person! With that in mind, are you ready to hold that

am! After some thought, I feel that locating the Scintillating Gem should be prioritized!” replied Gerald in a

would be able to open the Scroll of Stars. Following that, Gerald would hopefully be able to quickly develop

remember that the clock is constantly ticking. If you can’t locate the gem by the time the three hundred days

to hasten the search, I’m thinking of banding together a small team! What do you think of that, master?”

would surely make him feel lonely. With that in mind, Gerald was planning to bring Nori and the four others along

that. Go on ahead and select the members you

great masters before leaving the large hall

but look rather worriedly at Sumeru as he asked, “…Do you really

the fate of the world on his shoulders, Gerald was most probably feeling

simply have to believe in him and give him all the support he needs. Otherwise, the world will surely end in ruin!” replied Sumeru in a firm tone without giving Jizo a direct answer. Even so, what he meant was

all four of the major great masters nodded in understanding, prompting no

pavilion. Upon entering, he saw that Nori and the other three were resting inside while

at him before praising, “You’re just way too powerful, Gerald! To think that you’d actually be able to get to the very top of the tower! Because of that feat, you’re now immensely famous within the academy, and many are now looking up to

couldn’t be bothered about such trivial fame. After all, there were much more important affairs to deal with at

before saying, “Alright, putting all that aside… Please listen carefully to what I’m about to say next. I’ll be leaving the academy as soon as possible to start locating an item called the

the others were momentarily stunned. After all, it was a lot

Scintillating Gem? What exactly is that…? And why do

my question remains. Are you willing to join me in my search? Do note that we may be facing a lot of troubles and dangers throughout the journey, so if you’re reluctant, I understand and I won’t try to force you to come along. I’m completely fine with going alone!” replied Gerald as he retained his

Gerald wasn’t even planning to make a joke to lighten up the

Nori and the others found themselves momentarily exchanging glances with each

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to join your team, Gerald! I’ll follow you wherever you go!” declared Nori after

me in as

to be part

Cyril, and Ray felt the urge to do

their enthusiastic replies, Gerald couldn’t help but

had already factored in the chance that none of them would go with him. After all, the four people weren’t even long-time acquaintances of his. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was already asking a lot for them to risk their

agreeing without so much as a second thought, however, it showed Gerald that they truly saw him as a friend. In fact, it also displayed how much they trusted in

All of you. While I’d like to have a sentimental moment, there simply isn’t any time to waste. With that said, do hurry and start packing up! We leave in two hours!” declared

time was of the essence, the faster they packed up their essentials and headed out,

searching for the gem would come and go extremely quickly. It certainly didn’t help that he didn’t

hearing Gerald’s order, all four of them hurried off to

two hours later, all four of them regrouped with Gerald,

bid goodbye to Sumeru and the four major

the academy, Gerald and the others made sure to stock up on food and drinks. Not knowing how long their journey was going to take, the more preparations

could think of, their hunt for the gem

of which, where are we headed to first…?”

to begin looking, the four of them were feeling

It took him a while, but he eventually pointed at an area on the map before declaring, “We’re going to start looking here! The

the Leicom Continent. Literally nobody inhabited that place, and few dared to venture

the others simply agreed. With the location settled, all five of

a day, but they eventually arrived at the border of the

the rumors had claimed. No buildings and not even a single soul… The fact that evening was quickly

on. After all, Gerald wasn’t afraid of

within the South Wastelands, the group came across a loess wall and decided that it was high time

that point, it was completely dark…

the moon

Look at the moon! Its shine stops right at the border of the Leicom Continent! The moon’s rays can’t reach us here at all!” shouted Nori

group members instantly found that fact to be rather

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was an extraordinary place… To think that the moon’s shine couldn’t get in here! How utterly perplexing! Even so, it wasn’t as though

Gerald and the others could only continue sitting there as they stared at the bright and

later, Ray was scanning through the area when he suddenly shouted, “…Mr.

and the other three immediately ran over to where Ray was. True to his

the tablet with his hand, Gerald noticed that a few words had been carved

his eyes to get a closer look, Gerald then declared, “The

heard coming from above them! As the roar continued resonating across the barren wastelands, an

could only watch wide-eyed as a massive black figure leaped

landing right before the five individuals, the creature’s inhumanly strong landing caused the ground around them to quiver so much that

stuttered Nori

Beast!” replied Gerald as he stared at the humongous figure that

text on the tablet would summon it! Judging from how angry it seemed, they must have awoken it

light source! We can’t even see it properly now!” grumbled Zelig as he frowned. Since the moon’s

have a solution!” replied Gerald as he summoned his

then tossed it into the air, prompting

golden mane, the massive male lion’s open jaws exposed its extremely sharp teeth for all to see. Fuming in anger, the lion continued glaring with its rage-filled eyes at all five of them… Though it didn’t

was prompted to ask, “…Why… isn’t

second he said that, the lion

big

hurry and run! I’ll deal with it!” Ordered Gerald as he bolted toward

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lion then leaped, clearly trying to slam its weight down on the

about to grant it that

the beast’s belly with his

bogged down by its weight. With that in mind, there was no way it

wasn’t particularly trying to end the lion’s life. On the contrary, he was thinking of taming it.

ended up rolling a few times before finally coming to a stop. Shaking its body as it crawled back to its feet, it then turned to face Gerald, glaring and growling fiercely

was a beast, it wasn’t stupid. It was well aware that it wasn’t going to

“You have two choices. The first is to come along with me and obediently allow me to be your master. If you refuse, the only other choice you have is to get killed, cooked, then eaten! Just so you know, I’ve never tasted lion before, and I’m quite keen on

With that in mind, upon hearing Gerald’s

a brief moment, the lion emitted a

You’d rather get eaten than be under my control? Surely you aren’t stupid enough to believe that you can even come close to defeating me!”

life, Gerald could’ve done so extremely easily. Giving the lion a choice to

was going to continue being stubborn, Gerald truly saw no reason

its belly before turning to look to the

scoffed

seeing it, the lion instantly whimpered as it got

figure in question was none other

the tiny dragon. To think that the aggressive beast would be this terrified of

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